In fact, when Zuo Helin arrived, there were not only these eight countries in the Western Regions, if each independent force could be regarded as a country, then there were more than thirty.

After all, the Western Regions are vast and sparsely populated, and most countries can actually be regarded as oasis states in the desert.

These oases relied on the old Silk Road trade routes, and the transportation between them was not well developed, so even if one or two powerful countries came out, it was difficult to form a unity - like isolated islands in the desert.

Since it is difficult for the countries of the Western Regions to form a strong regime on their own, they have to rely on outsiders to maintain it, either hugging the thighs from the east or hugging the west.

In the past, the countries of the Western Regions chose party members, because everyone believed in Buddhism, and Pars, who was a Zoroastrist, could not get together.

Now that the party members have died in the country, then they naturally chose a stronger Huaxia - it can't be done if they don't choose, after all, Zuo Helin has already been overwhelmed by a large army.

Unlike the previous rulers of the Western Regions, the Chinese Empire adopted a strong policy of integration with the Western Regions, with the eight larger oasis states granted the title of Marquis of Waibo and became the Outer Vassals of the Empire, while the remaining smaller states were outlawed.

Half of the population of these small states was forcibly required to move to Liaodong to open up in the Great Northern Wilderness, and the vacant land was allocated to Chinese immigrants, and then part of the population was transferred from Liaodong Sauron to the Western Regions.

This is the established strategy of Huaxia, the immigrants from the Western Regions can only survive in the environment surrounded by the Sauron tribe by relying on the support of the imperial government in the icy and snowy Liaodong, and the same is true for the immigrants from the Western Regions.

In addition, the remaining eight countries of the Western Regions should also be mixed with some foreign populations according to the situation, as a surveillance force for the foreign princes.

After all, these princes controlled the largest oasis in the eastern section of the Silk Road, had the largest population and the strongest strength, and their existence was a very realistic security gain before the unification of China was completed and the eyes were refocused on the Western Regions.

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The Chinese Republic 1793, the eighth year of the Great Zhou Longdao, July 20.

Jiangnan, Fujian Province, Zhangfu.

Since Zhang Mingyi returned to Jiangbei, he was demoted because of the disadvantage of supervising the army in Jiangbei, which led to Jiangbei's rebellion.

However, he can also think about it, since the imperial court has to say that Jiangbei independence is his fault, then it is good, instead of doing those useless arguments, it is better to rest at home for a few years.

Of course, rest does not mean that he does not care about national affairs, Zhang Mingyi developed the habit of reading newspapers when he was in Jiangbei, and after returning to Jiangnan, he not only collected newspapers from all over Jiangnan, but also regularly sent his family to collect newspapers from Jiangbei.

Every morning, Zhang Mingyi would habitually order his family to set up a free chair (reclining chair) from Jiangbei in the courtyard, make a pot of good tea, and read the newspaper comfortably for an hour.

Among these newspapers, Zhang Mingyi's favorites were the Imperial Daily and Science and Technology Daily, which were published in Jiangbei, and the Tianxia News (Xu Shiliu's industry) and the Imperial Examination Digest, which were published in Jiangnan.

Three of the four newspapers were related to Jiangbei, and the Imperial Daily mainly reported on national events and various policy interpretations of Jiangbei.

"Tianxia News" is like the Jiangnan version of "Imperial Daily", if it were not for the difficulty of getting a real-time "Imperial Daily" in Jiangnan, Zhang Mingyi would have felt that it would be good to subscribe to only one of the two newspapers.

As for the "Science and Technology Daily", it is mainly a newspaper of the Imperial Academy of Sciences that publishes professional papers - most of the content Zhang Mingyi can't understand at all, but he knows that this thing is very useful, and if he can't understand it, he has to collect it, maybe he will use it in the future?

What's more, the parts that Zhang Mingyi can understand often bring some frightening surprises to people.

"The Academy of Sciences has found a way to eradicate smallpox?"

This news almost made Zhang Mingyi jump out of his chair.

In fact, the newspapers talk about prevention, not treatment, let alone eradication, but in the eyes of people at this time, it is equivalent to eradicating smallpox if it can ensure that people who have had pox will no longer get smallpox.

"If this is true, then it is not an exaggeration for the person who invented this medicine to say that it is a Buddha of ten thousand families, right?" Zhang Mingyi asked himself in a low voice.

It is indeed not an exaggeration to say that smallpox is a deadly infectious disease in this era, and usually a single outbreak can cause a large population decline.

In fact, if you think about it carefully, I am afraid that the newspapers in the north are really confident in saying this, after all, the kind of medicine they made called Huang'an has been proven to be really effective.

The Zhang family's own family doctor once said to Zhang Mingyi: "If there is really an elixir in this world that can cure all diseases, it is Huang'an." ”

This seems to have become the consensus of doctors, so that although it is a little expensive to import Huang'an from Jiangbei, if the major pharmacies in Jiangnan do not prepare Huang'an, they will be considered unprofessional.

There are also anthelmintic sugar medicines (the sea grass is wrapped in sugar coating to improve the taste), which is far less widespread in Jiangbei than in Jiangnan, after all, in Jiangnan water towns, all kinds of parasites breed far more than Jiangbei.

And sugar medicine is indeed very good for deworming, and now the slightly richer people in Jiangnan have eaten deworming sugar medicine in Jiangbei, even Zhang Mingyi himself is no exception, and he did observe the insects he discharged.

The medical community in Jiangbei has made so many miraculous drugs, and now it is said that it can eradicate smallpox, but people can't believe it.

Continuing to read, the "Science and Technology Daily" said that the pox method to prevent smallpox is indeed very effective, and for humanitarian reasons, the imperial government will first popularize pox in the country - including common people and slaves.

At the same time, as compatriots related by blood, Jiangbei hopes that the Jiangnan government can open up the pharmaceutical industry and allow Jiangbei doctors to go to Jiangnan to popularize the pox method - Jiangbei only charges a minimum of the cost of work, including travel expenses and doctors' personal expenses, and it is expected that each person will only receive five cents.

Wow, that's amazing.

Huang'an is not cheap in Jiangbei, and it is even more expensive in Jiangnan.

The price of sugar medicine is not low, at least not something that ordinary people can afford.

But I didn't think that this more powerful smallpox medicine (he used pox as medicine) was so cheap, and people had to come to promote it!

Zhang Mingyi squinted his eyes and thought about it, he was thinking about what Jiangbei's purpose was in doing this.

"Inviting people's hearts?"

"Or is it really just trying to eradicate smallpox?"

"Well, I guess it's both."

After all, Zhang Mingyi has worked in Jiangbei for so many years, so he naturally knows how much Xu Shiyang attaches importance to the core population, and popularizes smallpox medicine in Jiangbei regardless of status, probably because he wants to completely eradicate smallpox, a hellish demon.

As for the popularization in Jiangnan, it is estimated that it is because Xu Shiyang has begun to regard the population of Jiangnan as his own people.